PROGRAM March 29-30, 2019
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The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes faculty and students to the 23rd Latin American Social and Public Policy (LASPP) Conference. At the conference, researchers present their scholarly work related to social and public policy in Latin America. Our team is focused on assuring a high quality and open environment for the exchange of ideas and the improvement of works in progress. Following the multidisciplinary tradition of CLAS, we are interested in facilitating dialogue across disciplines, theoretical perspectives, and methodologies. In that spirit, we encourage the organization of panels around problems, rather than disciplines, and welcome submissions from the social sciences, arts, humanities, and cultural studies. We are particularly—but not exclusively—interested in the discussion of policy design, implementation, and impact in the following areas: Economic development, inequality and social inclusion, democratic governance and institutional change, human rights, health, education, LGBTQ and gender studies, ethnicity, race studies, ecocriticism, urban development, violence and crime, conflict resolution, social movements and political parties, technological innovation, political behavior, Latinx politics, elites, public administration, and corruption and transparency. http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/laspp
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Friday, March 29, 2019 The Seventeenth Carmelo Mesa-Lago Distinguished Latin American Social Public Policy Keynote Speaker
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán “Dysfunctional Institutions: Latin America’s Lessons to Save Democracy”
12:30 p.m. University Club, Ballroom B 123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Anibal Pérez-Liñán is a Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame; Editor-inChief, Latin American Research Review; and Co-editor, Kellogg Series in Democracy and Development.
Saturday, March 30, 2019
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Friday, March 29, 2019 8:30 a.m. Conference Room A (University Club, 3rd Floor) Welcome, Breakfast, and Registration 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Conference Room A Surviving Field Research This informal panel will address the experiences, from a variety of countries and disciplines, that exemplify some of the concrete and practical challenges presented by fieldwork in Latin America. If you are a student interested in doing research in Latin American, this is the panel for you! Discussant: Javier Vázquez-D'Elía (University of Pittsburgh) 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Gold Room (University Club, 2nd Floor) Parties and Ideologies Elias Chavarria-Mora (University of Pittsburgh) “Here to Stay? Spatial Analysis of the Costa Rican 2018 Presidential Election” Ingrid Rafaele Rodrigues Leiria (Korea University) “Entrepreneurship Entry: The Impact of Political Ideologies in Latin American Countries” Mercedes Calzado (Universidad de Buenos Aires) “Social Perception of Insecurity during Elections. How People React to Campaign Promises?” Guilherme Arbache (Universidade de São Paulo) “Ideology Congruence between Voters and Representatives in Latin America: The Role of Institutions and Electoral Behavior” Discussant: Scott Morgenstern (University of Pittsburgh) 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Conference Room A Health Policies and Citizenship Marcus Vinícius de Sá Torres (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco) “Federal Transfers for Civil Society Organizations and Health Results in Brazil” Isabela Brandão Furtado (Insper/Fundação Getúlio Vargas) “Health at Birth and Effects on Educational Outcomes in Brazil” H. Camilo Ruiz S. Michelle Matheus Yepes, Felipe Muñoz, and Laura Martinez (University of Pittsburgh) “Cali pachanguero y metadónico. A Photovoice Project with Methadone Users in Colombia” Julia Radomski (American University) “Cuban Policy on Sexual Orientation: Tracing Changes in State Discourse 1959-2018” Discussant: Emily Wanderer (University of Pittsburgh) 4
Friday, March 29, 2019 (cont’d) 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Gold Room The City and Youth Helio Sallum and Emannuel dos Santos Costa (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina) “The Collaborative Urbanism as an Approach to Solving Urban Challenges” Julia de Moraes Almeida (Universidade de São Paulo) “Cultural Criminology: The Case of ‘Baile da 17’, São Paulo” Ana Eugenia Gilardi (Universidad del Estado de Morales) “Las estrategias de apropiación juvenil en el encierro” Sandra Garcia-Jaramillo (Universidad de los Andes) “Adolescent Trajectories in Situations of Adversity: A Mixed-Method Approach to Understanding Risks and Protective Factors Associated with Educational and Leadership Outcomes in Colombian Youth” Discussant: Jorge Delgado (University of Pittsburgh) 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Ballroom B, (2nd Floor) The Seventeenth Carmelo Mesa-Lago Distinguished Latin American Social and Public Policy Keynote Speaker:
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán Is professor of Political Science and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame; Editor-in-Chief, Latin American Research Review; and Co-editor, Kellogg Series in Democracy and Development
“Dysfunctional Institutions: Latin America’s Lessons to Save Democracy” Lunch will be provided during this presentation.
2:15 – 3:30 p.m. Conference Room A Governance and Poverty Mengqi Yuan (Tsinghua University) “Anti-Poverty Programs and the Political Identities Construction under the Kirchners” Isabel Cristina Montilla Rosero and Constanza Diaz Grajales (Universidad del Valle) “Capacidades familiares en pobreza extrema para la asistencia al Programa de Control de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Candelaria 2017” Alfredo Trejo III (Carnegie Mellon University) “Poverty Alleviation and Reduction Through Social Policies: A Comparative Study on Outcomes in El Salvador and Costa Rica” Discussant: Javier Vázquez-D'Elía (University of Pittsburgh) 5
Friday, March 29, 2019 (cont’d) 2:15 – 3:30 p.m. Gold Room Gender and Citizenship
Megan Griffin (Pennsylvania State University) “Gender Analysis of Indigenous Maize Conservation in Xoy, Yucatan” Taylor Doherty (University of Massachusetts-Boston) “The Gendered Impacts of Post-War Economic Policy in Latin America” Araceli Barbosa Sánchez (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morales) “Towards a Dialogical Construction of Latin American Erotica” Discussant: Juan Fernando Velasquez (University of Pittsburgh) 3:45 – 5:00 p.m. Conference Room A Immigration from Above
Anniete Cohn-Lois (Georgetown University) “High-Skill Emigration in LAC: Is Willingness to Leave a Country Linked with Its Government Performance?” Luis Velasquez (Columbia University) “The Current Venezuelan Diaspora from a Political and Humanitarian Perspective in Venezuela and Peru” Carolina Forgit-Knerr (University of Pittsburgh) “The Echo of Migration? Current Migration Policy Developments in Mexico and Colombia Regarding the Venezuelan Migration Crisis” Discussant: Javier Vázquez-D'Elía (University of Pittsburgh) 3:45 – 5:00 p.m. Gold Room (University Club) Mobilizing Political Support
Katie Angell (University of Pittsburgh) “All Politics Are Local? Under What Conditions Does Local Participation Spill into the National-Level in Latin America” Natalia Duarte (University of Pittsburgh) “Activist Struggles in Transition Times: Capitalist Dilemmas of FARC Former Guerrilla Members in Colombia” Sarah Coker and Luis Carlos Battista (Skidmore College) “How Non-Traditional Channels for Mobilization Have Impacted Cuban Society: A Study of Responses to Cuba’s Draft Constitution” Discussant: Ignacio Arana (Carnegie Mellon University) 6
Friday, March 29, 2019 (cont’d) 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Conference Room A Political Corruption
Jamie Bologna Pavlik (Texas Tech University) “Political Corruption and Development in Brazil: Do Random Audits of Corruption Increase Economic Activity?” Diana Sandoval Siman (Princeton University) “Tackling Corruption Through Information” Discussant: James Cassing (University of Pittsburgh) 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Gold Room Resources and Conflict
Kathryn Baragwanath (University of California, San Diego) “The Effect of Oil Windfalls on Corruption: Evidence from Brazil” Juan David Gutierrez Rodriguez (Oxford University) “Oil and State Capture: The Subnational Links Between Oil Revenues and Armed Conflict in Colombia” Discussant: Silvia Borzutzky (Carnegie Mellon University) 6:30 p.m. Gold Room LASPP RECEPTION (Cash Bar)
Saturday, March 30, 2019 8:00 – 8:50 a.m. 332 Cathedral of Learning – Breakfast 9:00-10:15 a.m. 332 Cathedral of Learning Expertise, Technology, and Governance
Mercedez Callenes (University of Texas at Dallas) “Using Hot Spot Analysis to Prioritize Security Efforts in Colombian Critical Infrastructure: A Focus on the Power Grid” Esteban Valle Riestra (University of Amsterdam) “Reframing Environmental Governance: The Role of Technocrats in Peru” Reid Douglas (Pitzer College) "‘Cuban Spring?’ Internet Adoption and Diffusion in Cuba” Discussant: Javier Vázquez-D'Elía (University of Pittsburgh)
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Saturday, March 30, 2019 (cont’d) 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Humanites Center, 6th Floor, Cathedral of Learning Immigration from Below
Destina Bermejo (Westminster College) “Guatemala: Return of the Maya” Jesús Muñoz (Georgetown University, Westminster College) “Mexican Migration to the US: 1980-2017” H. Camilo Ruiz and Patricia Documet (University of Pittsburgh) “Latino Men's Perspectives from a Male Health Promotores Network in Pittsburgh, PA” Discussant: David Tenorio (University of Pittsburgh) 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. 332 Cathedral of Learning The Politics of Implementation in Brazil
Maria Joachim (University of Michigan) Factors Influencing Implementation of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP): The Case of Hospital do Subúrbio, – A Brazilian PPP Yara Beatriz Cruz de Oliveira (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) “Bureaucratic Accountability of the Brazilian Judiciary Power” João Victor Guedes-Neto and B. Guy Peters (University of Pittsburgh) “Working, Shirking, and Sabotage in Times of Democratic Backsliding: An Experimental Study in Brazil” Discussant: Barry Ames (University of Pittsburgh)
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Humanities Center, 6th Floor, Cathedral of Learning Welfare Politics
Priscilla Bacalhau (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) “College Quality Signaling and Individual Performance: Effects on Labor Market Outcomes After Graduation” Luis Vargas Faulbaum (Oxford University) “The Political Economy of the 2003 Brazilian Pension Reform” Brian Palmer-Rubin (Marquette University) “Social Benefits in Mexico: Organizations, Parties and State Institutions” Discussant: Javier Vázquez-D'Elía (University of Pittsburgh)
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Saturday, March 30, 2019 (cont’d) 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. 332 Cathedral of Learning
“The Challenge of the Policy Cycle in Brazilian Politics” Special Roundtable with: Barry Ames Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Pittsburgh B. Guy Peters Maurice Falk Professor of American Government, University of Pittsburgh Carlos Pereira Full Professor, Brazilian Public and Business Administration School, Getulio Vargas Foundation Lunch will be provided during this roundtable. 2:15-3:30 p.m. Humanities Center, 6th Floor, Cathedral of Learning The Politics of Development I
Dafne Murillo (Columbia University) “Why Do People Work in the Informal Sector? Analyzing Survey Data from Peru” Ana Carolina Arboleda Gallo (Politécnico Gran Colombiano) “External Debt: A Step in the Development of Latin America” Graciele Pereira Guedes (Universidade Federal Fluminense) “The Transition to Service Sector Employment: Which Worlds for Latin American Countries?” Discussant: Jose Luis Incio (University of Pittsburgh) 2:15– 3:30 p.m. 332 Cathedral of Learning The Politics of Economic Development II
Carlos Pereira (Fundação Getúlio Vargas) “Pork Barrel and Local Development: The Allocation of Federal Resources to Where They Are Needed?” Gustavo Bittencourt García (Universidad de la República) “Foreign Direct Investment Policies in Latin America 1980-2015” Ignacio Mamone (University Pittsburgh) “Up and Down: Dynamic Support for Free Trade in Latin America” Discussant: Bert Rockman (University of Pittsburgh) 9
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ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE WELCOME TO SUBMIT ARTICLES Panoramas provides a web-based venue for thoughtful dialogue of Latin American and Caribbean issues. By enabling a voice for scholars, students, policy makers and others to engage in constructive commentary on relevant current and historical topics, the forum also serves as an academic resource to worldwide educational audiences. Housed at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and maintained by CLAS faculty, students and alumni, Panoramas strives to be at the forefront of scholarly analysis of affairs in the Latin American region. http://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/ 10
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